TripAdvisor Reviews Sparkling Dolphins Inn Kyoto

Travel Blogs from Kyoto

Unfortunately with all this going on we managed to miss our scheduled tea ceremony at En, but since we had spotted our Geisha, all the effort seemed worth it and we went home satisfied.

I should mention that thanks to living in London we had learnt a fair bit about navigating the subways, and this came in extremely useful here, as we darted from one station to the next. The only issue we had in ...

... short break in the hostel common room before heading off again to continue our exploration of Kyoto shrines and temples. Our last stop was Fushimi inari, which was held in high regard on Trip Advisor, proudly holding the number spot in the attraction list for Kyoto.

The tourist hot spot is known for its many torii (red gates) that cover a number of walking trails. Each torii was purchased by a business/merchant to worship the god Inari, ...

... house on the top of a hill overlooking a beautiful valley. We wandered about the grounds and silently wished that we lived there. We were also given free green tea and green tea cake in his own little tearoom he had built in his garden. Last spot on the sightseeing trail for the day was Fushimi inari shrine which is an impressive 4km pathway through 1000s of red torii gates which almost form a kind of tunnel that winds up and around a mountain full of shrines. ...

... ring the bell, make a wish, and clap their hands in front of one or more of several altars. This is a nice little earner for the temple or shrine, but it also helps to underscore the continued popularity of religion in the East. While Christianity is in decline in the developed world because it is struggling to find a real purpose, the Asian religions continue because they remain relevant to the everyday life of ...